I've observed a number of my hives producing both yellow and black drones this year, so figured that the queen must have both Italian and possibly Russian/Carniolian lineage. *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm